Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Jeremiah 9:7 in English Standard Version "Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of my people?" Isa 1:25 I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy. Jer 6:27 “I have made you a tester of metals among my people, that you may know and test their ways. Jer 8:21 For the wound of the daughter of my people is my heart wounded; I mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me.